May. 14, 2008
Brooks releases special edition saddle to benefit bicycle film festivalBrooks England announces collaboration with the New York City Bicycle Film Festival with the release of a limited edition Swallow. Only one hundred special Swallow models, manufactured with British racing green leather and each bearing an authentic serial number of ...
May. 14, 2008
Teams annonced for Priority Health Tour de LeelanauThe 2008 Priority Health Tourde Leelanau will be lead by a record participation of 17 teams in the Men’s field and 11 teams in the Women’s field and will take place on
Sunday, May 25th, 2008.
The Men’s race will include the Bissell Pro Cycling Team of defending ...
May. 14, 2008
A conversation with Kona's Barry Wicks about targeting the World Cup circuit
Barry Wicks is already a household name in the domestic cyclocross and mountain bike scene, but this year he is trying his hand at joining mountain bike racing’s elite crowd on the World Cup.
Wicks made his first foray into European World Cup racing in April, racing World ...
May. 14, 2008
Peloton growing peevish over transfers, travails
Riders are at their wits’ end with the seemingly endless string of transfers, delays and hassles associated with the opening days of the 91st Giro d’Italia.
In the first three stages of racing on Sicily, there were no less than 500km of transfers, nearly as much as the ...
May. 14, 2008
Giro d'Italia 2008 Stage 5: Live Coverage12:46 AM: Good morning . . .. . . and welcome to VeloNews.com's Live Coverage of stage 5 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia.
May. 14, 2008
Brutt battles to stage-5 win
Tinkoff’s Pavel Brutt feinted and feigned his way to victory in the final kilometers of a five-man breakaway that held off the chasing peloton by 30 seconds in Wednesday’s fifth stage at the 91st Giro d’Italia.
The blond Russian said he was too tired to take pulls. He ...
May. 14, 2008
Serotta's Paint Program lets buyers design their color schemes from home.
Web site: www.serotta.com/paint/index.html
Serotta Competition Bicycles offers 26 paint colors, several different carbon clear coat tints and a variety of decal colors and schemes. Now the Saratoga ...
May. 13, 2008
Womens teams named for Commerce Bank Triple CrownOrganizers of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling have announced the 20 professional women’s teams that will contest a three-race battle in southeastern Pennsylvania in early June. At stake is a $34,000 prize purse that includes $5000 for the overall series winner. ...
May. 13, 2008
Kiwi trackies clean up at Mt. Hood opener
A pair of New Zealander track riders — in the States for some off-season road racing to tune up before the Olympics — took the first two spots in the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic women's prologue on Tuesday.
Joanne Kiesanowski of the Tibco team, a four-time national points ...
May. 13, 2008
Mt. Hood: the prologue to the Prologue
There are few active racers who can be described as a legend with no dispute. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, who has won 51 French and world championships, is at the top of the list.
When Longo, a last-minute entrant at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, arrived at race headquarters ...
May. 13, 2008
Celebrating with Lance
“Ten laps to go,” Lance Armstrong joked as he led off a string of two dozen invited guests on a ride around the 5-mile mountain-bike loop that circles his 444-acre ranch in the Texas Hill Country.
It was Mother’s Day morning, and the seven-time Tour de France champion ...
May. 13, 2008
Giro d'Italia 2008 Stage 4: Live Coverage10:12 PM: Good morning . . .. . . and welcome to VeloNews.com's live coverage of stage 4 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia, a 183km dash north from Pizzo Calabro to ...
